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23 May, 5 tweets, 2 min read
I totally missed the twenty-fifth anniversary of this game a few weeks ago. There have been a lot of great moments in the Penguins-Capitals rivalry, but this might top them all.
I remember it like yesterday.
I'm not sure what Capitals fans would choose as their worst playoff loss to the Penguins. 2001 is up there. But Game 7 at home in 2009 is probably top of the list. I still congratulate myself for not spending the $250 and going.
This was like its own "Exorcist" sequel.
I'm a Flyers fan, but I lived in DC for a long time, have been to more Capitals games than Flyers games, and am a one-time Caps season ticket holder, so I absorbed the Cap-Pens rivalry by osmosis. And as a Flyers fan of course I hate the Penguins just as much as Caps fans do.

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Fast-approaching! Again, it's not even Memorial Day of the year before the midterms. politico.com/news/2021/05/2…
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It's nice to see historians finally offering a critique about something I pointed out eighteen months ago. H/t @CarlPaulus.
I really thought more would've been made about the nationalist orientation of the 1619 Project, something academic historians have been fighting against now for a couple of decades.
It's just weird.
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Am I seeing things, or is there a regular season game on the NHL schedule today even though it's the first day of the playoffs?
Nope, I am not seeing things. The Canucks still have three regular season games left, one today at Edmonton, and then two more tomorrow and Tuesday in Vancouver against the Flames. No wonder the Canadian teams don't start their series until Thursday. nhl.com/news/edmonton-…
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9 May
Alex Witt lying to her audience again by having Susan Del Moronico and David Jolly on to talk about the GOP, though neither has anything instructive to say about it since they expunged themselves from it. But they can wishcast about how it's doomed for MSNBC viewers, so they do.
A reminder.
I was in grad school the last time Susan Del Brain Damage had anything to do with the Republican Party.
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9 May
Florida Democrats' Senate primary has the potential to be as nasty and destructive as their gubernatorial primary. And with the primaries in August, that's not a lot of time to repair the damage and heal wounds before the general election. politico.com/states/florida…
It's not just in Florida that Democrats might have acrimonious primaries. Two dynamics will be at play. "moderates" vs. progressives for one. But identity politics will be a big factor, too, with white candidates vs. minorities and minority vs. minority. washingtonpost.com/politics/biden…
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Finished the first season of "Wallander." The body count in the last episode is like a whole season of "Inspector Morse." I knew the twist right away because it's obvious from the photo. These guys are detectives and I noticed before them. Though that's the theme of the episode.
The previous episode, the one with the conspiracy to destroy Europe's financial system, was the best of first season. Though there too I knew how it would go because it has one of those characters who's either going to die or is really a bad guy. Or in this case, both.
Characters can be tropes, too, and this character had trope written all over them. The climax of the final episode was also predictable. "Family member in jeopardy!" Don't get me wrong, I still liked it. But after a while you hope things you see coming a mile away don't show up.
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